Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality. By Mr. Addison |
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... virtue only less powerful than the appro- bation of confcience , he who knows that he is al- ready degraded by the imputation of guilt , will find himself half disarmed when he is affailed by tempta- tion : and as he will have lefs to ...
... virtue only less powerful than the appro- bation of confcience , he who knows that he is al- ready degraded by the imputation of guilt , will find himself half disarmed when he is affailed by tempta- tion : and as he will have lefs to ...
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... virtue from vice . General cuftom , perhaps , may be thought an effectual fecurity against general cenfure ; but it will not always lull the fufpicions of jealoufy ; nor can it familiarize any beauty , without destroying its influence ...
... virtue from vice . General cuftom , perhaps , may be thought an effectual fecurity against general cenfure ; but it will not always lull the fufpicions of jealoufy ; nor can it familiarize any beauty , without destroying its influence ...
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... virtue , to deliberate a moment upon this propofal . She gave immediate orders that Clodio fhould be admitted no more . But his letter was a temptation to gratify her vanity , which she could not refift ; fhe fhewed it first to her ...
... virtue , to deliberate a moment upon this propofal . She gave immediate orders that Clodio fhould be admitted no more . But his letter was a temptation to gratify her vanity , which she could not refift ; fhe fhewed it first to her ...
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... virtue , he wrote in the first ardour of his paffion to her mother , giving a faithful account of his fortune and depend- ence , and intreating that he might be permitted to vifit Flavilla as a candidate for her affection . The old lady ...
... virtue , he wrote in the first ardour of his paffion to her mother , giving a faithful account of his fortune and depend- ence , and intreating that he might be permitted to vifit Flavilla as a candidate for her affection . The old lady ...
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... virtue , and impatient of con- troul , would have despised the counsel of a philofo- pher , if it had implied an impeachment of her conduct ; before a perfon fo much her inferior , therefore , she was under no restraint ; she answered ...
... virtue , and impatient of con- troul , would have despised the counsel of a philofo- pher , if it had implied an impeachment of her conduct ; before a perfon fo much her inferior , therefore , she was under no restraint ; she answered ...
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addrefs affection affiftance againſt Alcander almoſt ANECDOTE anſwer aſked beauty becauſe Caliph cauſe Cephifus Clarinda Clodio confent confequence confiderable courſe cuſtom defire difpofition diſcovered diſtreſs eſteem eyes faid fame father fatisfaction fecret fecure feemed fenfible fent feveral fhall fhewed fhort firſt fituation fix franks Flavilla fome fometimes foon fortune foul friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fufpicion fure gentleman greateſt happineſs happy herſelf himſelf honour houſe huſband increaſe intereft itſelf juſt lady laſt Laura leaſt lefs Lord of Abergavenny meaſure Mencius Mercator mind moft moſt muſt myſelf neceffary never obferved occafion ourſelves paffion peaſant perfon pleaſed pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent promiſed purpoſe raiſed reaſon reflection ſaid ſee ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſuch thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion underſtanding uſe vifits Vincent virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſhes